GREATEST BAR: Our championship match-up is set!

After a tough-fought Final 4 Round, Trenton Social and Bill’s Olde Tavern will be moving on to our championship round.

The fight between Social and Trenton icon Tir Na Nog was particularly close, coming down to the wire this morning. Trenton Social prevailed with a score of 974-958.

In our other battle, another Trenton landmark, Rossi’s Bar & Grill was knocked out of competition by Hamilton’s Bill’s, with a final tally of 668-487.

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Finding out the ultimate champion in the tournament will take a bit longer, however, as we’re saving the Finals rounds from all of our contests until the end of the event.

Next, we’ll be launching our Best Diner tournament, with 32 competitors representing the best casual dining spots around the Greater Trenton area.

Nominations for that contest were provided by our readers. The lists are currently being considered by the members of our selection committee, who will help decide who’s included, who’s not and where they rank.

We’ll release the final list of nominees and then the ranked bracket showing the first round match-ups over the weekend, and voting will begin at 8 a.m. Monday.

Also on Monday, we’ll start the groundwork for our Best Pizza tournament, which could prove to be the most popular and most contentious of them all.

We’ll ask for participation from our readers by joining our pizza selection committee or suggesting their favorite pizza parlors for inclusion in our event. That contest will open on April 1.

By April 5 we’ll have two finalists waiting to compete in each category’s final round. We’ll open voting that day in the three head-to-head championship match-ups. Then we’ll let the vote continue through the weekend and finish it all off on Mon., April 8 with a live video show from our newsroom to announce the winners.

Representatives from the competing establishments will be invited to come down and witness the vote’s conclusion in person and chat with our host for the day -- our own Jeff Edelstein!

We’ll also be giving out prizes to fans of our Facebook page chosen at random, so if you don’t “Like” us already, do it now for your chance to win.

We have some other surprises in store and a lot more fun to be had over the next two weeks. So stay tuned, follow along and show your favorite places some support!